Our spiritual friends are the positive potentials in our mind, which will never disappoint us and never desert us. Similarly, the generous and personal meditations offered in this book helps us to develop these potentials and thus are true friends to whom we can always turn. Likewise, the Sangha, as the ordained followers of the Buddha upon whom the continuity of the Buddha's teachings depend, are spiritual friends who encourage us and inspire us to transform our minds. This unique book- the first from the International Mahayana Institute- contains meditations written by eighteen nuns and monks of the IMI Sangha as well as an autobiographical essay from each in which these nuns and monks share how they came to the ordained life. Spiritual Friends, Thubten Dondrub ed., Wisdom Publications, 160 pages, $14.95